Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson fascinates me because he holds two opposite registers in one body: the sunny, goofy charm that made him a sitcom favorite, and a flickering darkness he can summon in an instant. That Emmy-winning bartender role could have been his whole career; instead he kept lunging at riskier, stranger parts, earning multiple Academy Award nominations along the way. The Texas-born free spirit also directs for stage and film, which tells me his curiosity never settled. I love actors who age into more flavor rather than less, and Harrelson is the prime example — looser, braver, and funnier with every decade. He simply refuses to be predictable.

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Name (English)

Woody Harrelson

Name (Japanese)

ウディ・ハレルソン

Reading

うでぃ・はれるそん

Born

July 23, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Midland, Texas, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / stage actor / theatre director / film director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Ox

High school

Lebanon High School

University

Hanover College

Awards & achievements

• 2009 Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
• 1989 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• 1989 Emmy Award
• 2008 Actor Awards

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/woodyharrelson/
• Xhttps://x.com/WoodyHarrelson
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody%20Harrelson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201279

Tags

• Texas
• television actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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